Category Archives: Vocaboli Italiai

Guest Blog: Part 2–“La scuola”

A Student in Florence

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Jodina

Ecco (Here is) Lisaā€™s second blog post! If you didnā€™t read the first one, itā€™s here: Guest Blog Part 1 In breve (in short), Lisa, one of my students, is living her sogno (dream) by spending sette settimane (seven weeks) … Continue reading →

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Una Celebrazione di FIBER ARTS>>

Le antiche arti femminili

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Jodina

Ā  Perhaps you practice one of the many varieties of fiber arts, or perhaps you just appreciate i prodotti finiti (the finished products) resulting from skills that have been tramandati da generazione in generazione (passed from generation to generation).Ā  Ā  … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog: Una studentessa a Firenze

A Student in Florence

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jodina

Ā Ā Ā Ā  Una delle mie studentesse (one of my students), la simpaticissima Lisa DeLucchi, is living her sogno (dream) by spending sette settimane (seven weeks) a Firenze (in Florence), where she has affittato unā€™appartamento (rented an apartment) and si ĆØ iscritta … Continue reading →

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Una poesia per Pasqua >> An Easter Poem

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Jodina

Uova di Pasqua: Italian Easter eggs. Rather than receiving baskets filled with candy, Italian children receive large, elaborately wrapped, hollow chocolate eggs with a surprise gift(s) inside. . I found the following anonymous poesia (poem) on filastrocche.it, a website in … Continue reading →

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Charlie Sheen & Italian Verbs…

Winning >>Vincente!

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Jodina

Charlie Sheen prende in giro un programma di cucina (CS spoofs a cooking show) . Lā€™altra sera in classe, uno studente ha cominciato di parlare di Charlie Sheen. (The other evening in class, a student started talking about Charlie Sheen.) … Continue reading →

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Anniversario UnitĆ  d’Italia >>

Italy turns 150!

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Jodina

. Italy turned 150 today, which might surprise you. With so many ancient ruins and all the Renaissance and other historical works of artā€¦ you might wonder how the country could be so young. . And your surprise would be … Continue reading →

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International Women’s Day>> Festa della Donna

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Jodina

Ā  Mimosa Flowers . March 8th is International Womenā€™s Day. This day is observed widely in many countries around the world. Oddly, it is not observed in the United States. In fact, the first time Iā€™d heard of it was … Continue reading →

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L’amore ĆØ nell’aria>>

Italian love phrases, proverbs & music

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Jodina

. In onore della stagione dā€™amore e il giorno di San Valentino (in honor of the season of love and Valentineā€™s Day), dedico questa puntata del blog ad alcuni proverbi, frasi e una canzone dā€™amore italiani (I dedicate this blog … Continue reading →

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The Week in Words>> A Blast of Italian Vocabulary

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Jodina

. Perhaps one of your new yearā€™s resolutions is to migliorare (improve) in italiano. As a way to expand and improve your vocabulary of Italian words, I thought it might be useful and interesting to share some of the new … Continue reading →

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Italian Holidays>>

It’s not over ’til the old lady…

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Jodina

ā€¦flies in on a broom! . . [Note: Any passages in Italian are followed by a translation in English.] . Yes, the lore of la Befana is one of my favorite parts of the Italian winter holiday traditions. So, while … Continue reading →

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